The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-27

A. II. Mueller, frame cottage. Indiana avenue,
Blake street 81 400; H. NJ. Stackhouse, frame
cottage, Ketcham street. Merrill, $1,000; A.
street. Seventh So 600: Theodore Hafner frame
cottage on McCarty Buchanan street, 81 900.
being perfected for the erection of
score of large buildings, among them sew
erai business blocks. All the old, unsghtly frame
houses on South Illinois street between Washington
better structures. The foundation for the new Bank
of Commerce building is being put in and work has
begun on the new block, corner of Ohio street and
Massachusetts, avenue
AGAINST OUTSIDE MUSICIANS.
At recent meeting of the Commercial Assembly,
knights of Labor, the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That Commercial Assembly. K Of L..
oO32 condemns the action of the committee music.
OF the approaching Musical Festival in engaging a
foreign orchestra at exorbtan rate, to come here
and play when they well aware that have talent
In our city that and ought to be engaged, at a
great saving to those concerned We consider it an
outrage on ourresident musicians and the community
ABE B. LOEBENBERG, NJ w.
w. Z. KLINEsMITH, Secretary.
SCALE OF TAX ASSESSMENTS.
AT the meeting of the township assessors, il the
auditors Office yesterday, to determine upon scale
OF assessment of personal property Thomas F.
Quill was made president, with Martin Myers secre-
tary The values fixed on personal property are an
increase of about per cent last year. The fol-
lowing is Che scale adopted: Horses-Average 1925;
three years old 500; two years old $40 one year
two years old, $40: colts, $40. Cattle-Steers, S35;
cows, $25; two years old, $50; one year old. $12;
pounds wheat per bushe 20 CENTS corn, % cents per
bushe oats % cents barley, 60 cents; cloverseed.
Us per Ssahel timothy So per bEshel Poultry per
Wool per pound 20 cents. Bacon per pound 3 cents;
pork per pound cents Pianos, $500. Melodsons,
lTeShlnp machines ~. MI
drills, S25 cane mill, $40; cider mill So Brick per
one thousand, S.. Wood per cord, 81 to 81 Bees
ton. 81 Sewing machines, So, Buggies,, $3.50.
Threshing engines $500. The board finished its
essary for their work distributed among the
sesors. and all OF them will begin next Friday in list
ing property.
BUILDING ASSOCIATION TAXES.
The law passed by the last Legislature in the inter
est of small money represented in the say.
ings and loan associations has been kindly
| ceived by the present Board of Commissioners OF
Marion county and from the moment of its passage
these officers have been looking about if in
way these institutions cannot be placed upon the tax
duplicate for all the thousands they represent The
Marion County Board of Commissioners is a solid
Democratic board, and the bill opposed in the
House of Representatives most strenuousv by Demo
Gratis under the leadership of Representative Gordon
According to the law. these associations only
to be taxed for whatever amounts of money they may
nave on ndnu on the ISL DAY or april AS there are
nearly seventy of these institutions in this city Com
missioner Sahm and his colleagues want pull at
them and are anxious to have the law declared uncon
| stitut;ona
| Yesterday afternoon W. ". Spencer, attorney Of
this board called upon Attorney general Kitchener to
endeavor to worm opinion out of him in this mat
ter Mr.. Kitchener told the attorney he could not
swer the question coming in that way; that advice to
county officials was outside his province The plan
adopted by the County Commissioners will propably
be to get the county auditor to ask the State Auditor
who viii then ask the opinion of the Attorney general
regarding the consttutionality of this law.